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It’s a walking stick Crisco party! No wonder I’ve seen so many on the greenbelt this summer. Between those and Giant Texas katydids it’s been a weird summer for bugs.

@AustinBike nailed it. Check out oztrails.com for some good maps of the trail systems up there. The AirBnB we stayed at in May had the Coler and Slaughter Pen maps hanging on the wall and they were a great way to get a big picture view of where to ride or where we did ride. Here’s a link to their Little Sugar map: https://www.oztrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Little-Sugar-120720.pdf and a general overview map showing the proximity of the different trail systems in Bentonville-Bella Vista area: https://www.oztrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/BENTONVILLE-OVERALL-MAP_120720.pdf

It could be yours then, but could you tell me the color?

Found on New Edition Sunday morning. PM me if you think it’s yours and want it back.

As seen in downtown Denver.

Note that the paid parking program at the HoL trailhead has started. This picture was from a road ride I did to there Sun morning. Creek was flowing strong, and a hella lotta people down there.

Yeah, I don't think many in this forum will be affected by the change, but I thought I'd post a heads-up. I regularly use the HoL drop in. I used to work nearby, and that trailhead allowed me to get in a ride before work, and now it's just become a habit. The parking change probably won't affect me much since I'm usually out of there by 8. I understand the neighborhood's concern. That trailhead was overrun at the beginning of lockdown last spring, and it looked like there were parking issues even on weekday mornings. The crowds died down once the creek dried up, and I haven't seen the crowds and loutish behavior that I saw last year. I wouldn't doubt that there are still issues on the weekends though. As a side note, the admission stand and the port-a-potties at the entrance are gone. I guess the city is no longer requiring a permit to enter the greenbelt.

No sweat, AntonioGG. I also have plenty of source material if you're interested in following up on Shinerider's suggestion. You can have all of my ~50 tubes, although I may hold a few in reserve to follow up on Barry's suggestion in the other thread to turn the tubes into a poop bag slingshot (dog-poo-tapult? tre-poo-chet?)

A couple of weeks ago I noticed some new spray paint and updated signage on Scottish Woods indicating that the paid parking program was getting restarted. I contacted the city and they confirmed that the program is getting going again. They were unable to provide me with a timeline, but told me that there was going to be an HOA meeting last week and that the web page would be updated with more info after the meeting. I just checked and it still says that the program is on hold. http://austintexas.gov/WoodsofWestlakeParking In any case, last year when they were talking about paid parking at the HoL one of those new parking signs was exposed and showed that they were planning to use the Park ATX app to charge for parking between 8AM to 8PM. I don't know if that's still the plan, but be aware that it looks like a change is coming.

Thanks, that's good to know. I've been wanting to take some old paint and garden chemicals down there and I see that they've finally reopened again, albeit by appointment only. http://www.austintexas.gov/department/recycle-reuse-drop-center

Back in November Yellow Bike took some of my gently used tires, but at the time they had enough tubes and their recycler wasn't taking any more rubber. The same was true at REI. Things may have changed since then.

I didn't do the Tour either, but I rode PP solo from Aspen (Buttermilk) to CB in Sep 2018. Garmin says it was about 40 miles and 5600' of climbing that took me over 10 hours. By the time I was finished I called it a fun thing that I'll never do again, but after looking at some pictures of the ride and a couple of years of brain cell deterioration I'm tempted to try it again. Looking at my ride profile I'd say that the climb out of Aspen is steeper than out of CB, and my recollection was that it was rockier too, but that may be because it's easier to go down over the rocks than up. A lot of that climb reminded me of the HoL; that is, loose and steep. It was definitely chunky at the top, and possibly rideable by someone who isn't me.

Although REI is currently not taking the tubes, it looks like I can send tubes directly to Alchemy if I want to pay the postage. https://www.alchemygoods.com/pages/tube-upcycling Postage for that many tubes is beyond my pain threshold, so I'll hold onto them for now. In the meantime I've got plenty of new ideas for reusing what I have.

Many of them are patchable, but I'm running tubeless now, so I don't really have the need for them. Plus, they're all 26" tubes. I figured Yellow Bike could easily patch them and give them out as spares, but they already had what they needed. Also, I just got off the phone with REI and they were willing to take all the tubes (and the tires too), but they currently can't take them because the recycling company has temporarily stopped picking up the rubber. These things have been in my garage for a while now, so a little while longer won't hurt. In the meantime I can start making them into slingshots.

Not to derail this thread, but was riding the BCGB the other morning and this guy didn't want to share the trail. He was one of two, but the other one waddled off while this one stood his ground.